Jot Definition

jŏt
jots, jotted, jotting
noun
jots
A trifling amount; the smallest bit.
Webster's New World

A brief and hurriedly written note.

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verb
jots, jotted, jotting
To make a brief, quick note of.
Webster's New World
To write down briefly or hastily.
Jot down an address.
American Heritage

(usually with "down") To write quickly.

Tell me your order, so I can jot it down.
Wiktionary

(usually with "over") To go quickly.

Just jot over there to the US Space and Rocket Center and give it a look.
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Other Word Forms of Jot

Noun

Singular:
jot
Plural:
jots

Origin of Jot

  • Middle English jote from Latin iōta iota from Greek iota iota

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin iōta, from ἰῶτα (iōta).

    From Wiktionary

Jot Sentence Examples

  • Usually I jot down what I can remember of them when I get home.

  • I never lost a jot of my delight in this great park.

  • They care not a jot what we the people think.

  • When you find a technique you like, jot down a quick reference to how you accomplished the effect on your page.

  • His writing apparatus - a noctograph - lay before him, and he kept his ivory style in his hand to jot down notes as the reading progressed.

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Words Starting With

JJOJOT

Words Ending With

TOTJOT

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Words Starting With J and Ending With T

Starts With J & Ends With TStarts With JO & Ends With TStarts With J & Ends With OT

Word Length

3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With J3 Letter Words Ending With T